Apologetics & Evangelism: A Chat with Andy Bannister

Meet Dr. Andy Bannister, a deep-thinking and often humorous author, speaker, and apologist from the UK. He joins us to talk about apologetics, evangelism, and his new book: "How to Talk about Jesus without Looking like an Idiot: A Panic-Free Guide to Having Natural Conversations about Your Faith." Andy is the Director of Solas (‪@SolasCPC‬) an evangelism and training organisation based in Scotland (but covering the whole of the UK). He holds a PhD in Islamic studies and has taught extensively at universities across Canada, the USA, the UK and further afield on both Islam and philosophy. ANDY'S LINKS The new book: https://www.amazon.com/about-Jesus-wi... Solas Centre for Public Christianity: https://www.solas-cpc.org/ DONATE TO OUR MINISTRY https://TheBiblicalRoots.org/#donate (Thank you!) OUR LINKS https://linktr.ee/thebiblicalroots CHAPTERS 00:00 Introduction 01:50 Meet Andy Bannister 05:41 State of UK faith culture 07:15 Beliefs of the younger generation: Sexual Ethics 14:07 The Holy Spirit, Prayer & Apologetics 19:30 The title and purpose of the book 23:42 What has surprised readers? 27:21 The teaching style of Jesus 30:49 The task of apologists 33:07 The power of story 35:02 Our character matters 37:19 How to share your faith 42:30 Talking with those of other beliefs 53:22 Diversity in apologetics 57:35 What does the book offer to the reader?